"It's not going to have the ratings," Staub told us of the third season of Housewives while promoting her new upcoming VH1 reality show Famous Food. "I brought the [drama]. People either loved me or hated me, but they were paying attention. This [season] is just full out nasty family fighting. Everyone's got that. Where's the element of surprise there?"

Staub insists she will watch "not a second" of RHONJ.

"It was becoming nonproductive for me," she says. "I'm so much, so much more less stressed. I mean Bravo was amazing, the producers were amazing, but you know the cast, there's no resolve with them...I think it's time for everyone to see who truly the crazy ones are."

But, of course, there's one thing that would lure her back to Housewives.

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